Since the announcement that Futures of Entertainment 4 will focus on transmedia, since I’m actually on it (twice – check out August 24th and October 5th) and – most importantly – since Henry asked me to, I’m republishing Henry’s syllabus for the transmedia storytelling class he’s offering at USC this fall. The following post originally appeared at henryjenkins.org on August 11th; if you’re not already following Henry’s blog “Confessions of an Aca-Fan”, then I humbly suggest you have some bookmarking to do!
What follows is Henry’s post, republished in its entirety.
After researching transmedia storyworlds at MIT, guiding Microsoft in its CTO/CXO's think tank, co-founding Microsoft Studios' Narrative Design team, and exploring the future of entertainment and media as the Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab, I'm now the Creative Director for USC's World Building Media Lab, a storyteller, a designer, a consultant, and a doctoral student in Media Arts and Practice at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. more »
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